Tohoku University

Tohoku University (東北大学 (東北帝國大學 prior to 1945) Tōhoku daigaku?), abbreviated to Tohokudai (東北大 Tōhokudai?), located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university.

It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities. It is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, and one of the top fifty universities in the world.

In 2009, Tohoku University had ten colleges within the university, including fifteen departments with graduate students, with a total enrollment of 17,949 students. The university’s three core values are “Research First (研究第一主義),” “Open-Door (門戸開放),” and “Practice-Oriented Research and Education (実学尊重).”

Tohoku is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Tohoku is the 4th best research university in Japan. Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Materials Science (1st in Japan, 3rd in the world), Physics (2nd in Japan, 10th in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (3rd in Japan, 64th in the world) and Chemistry (6th in Japan, 20th in the world).

Weekly Diamond also reported that Tohoku has the 11th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research funding per researchers in COE Program. In the same article, it’s also ranked 9th in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.

December 2, 2016 - "There are very few opportunities to photograph the sprites. The photographing of the detailed structure is a very valuable development," said Hiroshi Fukunishi, a professor emeritus at Tohoku University in Sendai, who has conducted research on aurora ...

November 27, 2016 - Japan now has a glut of university teachers who find themselves in an environment very unconducive to earnest and constructive research. I think this is a tragedy for education, whether it be the sciences or the humanities. Tohoku University handed out ...

November 24, 2016 - 24, 2016) - Using brain scans and behavioral studies, researchers at Tohoku University have found that visual attention follows a two step process: First making a broad sweep before narrowing down on a smaller area. Their results have been published in ...

November 22, 2016 - Open access scientific journal eLife has published the result of joint research into Hevea brasiliensis rubber particles conducted by Sumitomo Rubber Industries and the Graduate School of Engineering at Japan's Tohoku University. In addition to their ...

November 22, 2016 - Shinji Toda, a professor at Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science, agreed, saying it is possible another magnitude-7 quake could hit the Tohoku region. Meanwhile, Manabu Takahashi, a professor at the Institute of ...

November 14, 2016 - Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed multiple functions of visual attention, the process of selecting important information from retinal images. Studies of visual attention discovered an interesting inconsistency in spatial property ...

December 2, 2016 - "In a developed market, you are competing with cheaper forms of conventional power generation, such as gas and also hydro. Energy storage costs still have some way to come down for a hybrid plant like Kennedy Energy Park to be competitive," he said.

December 1, 2016 - SEATTLE - When firefighter paramedics Morlon Malveaux and Mark Pedeferri learned that their powerhorse diesel ambulance was going to be traded for a gas-powered hybrid they were more than a little concerned. The two, who run a Medic One rig ...